---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail bonds, Alabama Bail Bond Regulatory Act, Professional Bail Bonding Board created, licensure of bondsmen and recovery agents, continuing education, penalties"
description: "Bail bonds, Alabama Bail Bond Regulatory Act, Professional Bail Bonding Board created, licensure of bondsmen and recovery agents, continuing education, penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 565"
citation: "Alabama HB 565 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c76d421a-290b-4a83-9474-aee79cf4fae4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB565"
source_hash: "d1fa6fccc340ad4c7163a145f11458799d09dc7262f2ff08f83169f84cada83b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 565 (2019rs) — Bail bonds, Alabama Bail Bond Regulatory Act, Professional Bail Bonding Board created, licensure of bondsmen and recovery agents, continuing education, penalties

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB565-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200692-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200692-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200705-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200705-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 201700-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201700-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB565-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB565-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1103 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Hill motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1092 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1104 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 753 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 752 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 754 — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 752 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 753 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 754 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1103 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1104 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Hill motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1092 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-409. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c76d421a-290b-4a83-9474-aee79cf4fae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).